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Military families face unique challenges and stressors including prolonged separations, frequent relocations and living with knowing that loved ones are in harm’s way. Penn State has created a new University-wide research center, the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness, designed to address the challenges and support the resiliency of military families using evidence-based programs and practices, and develop a new generation of cutting-edge interdisciplinary researchers in this field.

A synthetic membrane that self assembles and is easily produced may lead to better gas separation, water purification, drug delivery and DNA recognition, according to an international team of researchers.

A sexual assault was reported to University Police at 3:52 a.m. on July 31. The reported assault occurred at 3:38 a.m. on July 31, on the ground floor hallway of Simmons Hall located in the South Halls residence hall complex. The victim, a student, reported an unknown male reached under her skirt and touched her inappropriately. The male fled the area and was last seen running east of Mifflin Hall. Police searched the area and were unable to locate him.

Weight Watchers is offering a special to Penn State employees: Any Penn Stater who joins one of the University Park Weight Watchers at Work meetings during the week of Aug. 3 will receive a free cookbook and a coupon for 50 percent off of any Weight Watchers product (excluding the Fitbit and Active Links).

Nittany Lion Club members again demonstrated why Penn State has one of the nation’s most passionate and loyal fan bases by contributing $16.6 million in annual giving during the 2014-15 academic year to greatly assist Nittany Lion student-athletes and the nationally recognized 31-sport program.

Here's a sight that may bring back memories for many Penn State alumni -- students waiting in line outside Steidle Building for West Halls resident hall contracts, on the University Park campus in the early 1970s.

Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural and regional economics in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 2015 Outstanding Public Service through Economics Award from the Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association.

A device to mix liquids utilizing ultrasonics is the first and most difficult component in a miniaturized system for low-cost analysis of sputum from patients with pulmonary diseases such as tuberculosis and asthma.

This brief animation shows how stars can change orbits. The animation shows two pairs of stars (marked as red and blue). Within each pair of stars, both start in the same orbit. At random times, one star of the pair changes orbit, moving in or out in our Galaxy.

Scientists with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III (SDSS) have created a new map of the Milky Way that provides the first clear evidence of migration of stars throughout our galaxy. The study, which determined that 30 percent of stars have traveled across the galaxy, is bringing a new understanding of how stars are formed and travel throughout the Milky Way.

Penn State Smeal College of Business junior Luke Metaxas made Penn State history recently as the Penn State Board of Trustees met at Penn State Beaver. Metaxas attended his inaugural BOT meeting as the first student-elected student trustee.

A new 12-credit graduate certificate in international human resources and employment relations (IHRER) is being offered through Penn State World Campus by the School of Labor and Employment Relations (LER).

Normal operations will resume in Hammond Building on Thursday, July 30, after an accidental, late-night office fire closed the building for the day on July 29. The building was closed to allow time for restoration crews to properly clean and ventilate the space. Employees who work in the building should report to work on Thursday as normal. In order to reduce foot traffic as contractors repair damaged areas, all classes scheduled to take place in Hammond Building will be temporarily relocated through Aug. 5.

The College of Education has teamed up with the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation’s Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services to help high school students who are blind and visually impaired prepare for life as a college student.